Undergarment



March 18, 1941. w HlLLER 2235.499

UNDERGARMENT 2 Sheets-:Sheet 1 Filed Spt. 27, 1939 49 4 Inventor .7William A i/[e11 March 18, 1941. w 2,235,499

UNDERGARMENT Filed Sept. 27, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 18,1941 UNETED STATES UNDERGARMENT William Hiller, Brooklyn, N. Y.,assignor to Julius Kayser & 00., New York, N. Y.

Application September 27, 1939, Serial No. 296,751

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to an undergarment, and has for itsprimary object a construction of garment that will not ride up, or flexout of its proper position, on the body of the wearer.

An object of the invention resides in the insertion, in an undergarmenthaving only one-way stretch, of one or more elastic strips having twowayelastic stretch, both longitudinally and circumferentially of thegarment, so as to prevent the tendency of the garment to flex or moveout of place on the body of the wearer.

A feature of the invention resides in locating a two-way elastic stripin the rear portion of the garment, contiguous to the hosiery fasteners,so as to provide a resilient connection between the hosiery fastenersand the seat panel of the garment, to eliminate the tendency of thehosiery fasteners to pull the garment down and, further, to relieve thestockings attached to the hosiery fasteners of excessive strains.

Another feature of the invention resides in the novel manner ofinterconnecting the seat panel with the waist band and the hosieryfasteners, whereby the seat panel may be flexed, without the tendencythereof to move out of its proper position.

Besides the above, the invention isdistinguished in the arrangement of atwo-way stretch strip in the garment at a point between the top edge ofthe garment and the point of attachment of the rear hosiery fasteners,so as to absorb the strains created by the pull of the hosiery fastenersin the flexing of the garment by the wearer.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will be in partobvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. The invention will bebetter understood from the following detailed description, taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the garmen in use.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the garment.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the garment.

Figure 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of another form of the invention.

Figure 6 is a rear elevation of that form of the invention shown inFigure 5.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on line 'l-l of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a detailed enlarged fragmentary view of the elastic strip.

Again referring to the drawings illustrating two of the many forms of myinvention, and referring more particularly to Figures 1 to 4 inclusive,the undergarment I consists of a front panel 2, an upper section or seatpanel 3, and a lower section leg panel or band 4. The panels 3 and 4have their edges secured to the front panel 2 by stitching, or any otherform of connection well known in the trade. These panels are fabricatedso as to have only one-way stretch circumferentially of the garment and,to accomplish this, the panels may be fabricated of elastic andinelastic yarns, so interconnected that the elastic yarns will stretchonly in one direction,

The panels 2, 3, and 4 may be knitted with elastic yarns laid therein,or they may be woven, in which case the weft yarns are inelastic and thewarp yarns are elastic, or the weft yarns are elastic and the warp yarnsare inelastic,

Due to the fact that the panels have elastic stretch in acircumferential direction only (which is required in the type of garmentunder consideration) the garment ordinarily has a tendency to ride," orflex out of position, on the body of the wearer, and this tendency isincreased by the pull of the hosiery fasteners, in a manner to behereinafter set forth.

For the purpose of relieving the garment of its inherent tendency tobecome displaced on the body of the wearer, there is inserted betweenthe seat panel 3 and the leg panel 4 a strip 5 having two-way elasticstretch, that is to say, elastic stretch longitudinally andcircumferentially of the garment. Thus the strip will not interfere withthe normal elastic action of the garment in a circumferential directionand, further, will provide an elastic stretching action longitudinallyof the garment to absorb the strains created by the hosiery fastenersand to allow flexing of the seat panel 3 without displacement thereof.

This elastic strip 5 may be fabricated in many ways well known in thetrade, but it is preferably fabricated of a plurality of lengths ofelastic yarns interconnected together at spaced points so that saidelastic yarns may be stretched both longitudinally and laterally, toprovide the strip with two-way elastic stretch. This strip has itslongitudinal edge portion sewed to the opposing edge portions of theseat panel and leg panel, and has its end portions attached to the frontpanel.

The rear set ofhosiery fasteners l are directly attached to the legpanel 4 so that the elastic strip 5 will absorb the strains created bythe pull of the stockings upon the hosiery fasteners. This arrangementof the elastic strip 5 also yieldably absorbs the strains to which thestockings are subjected by the pull of the hosiery fasteners 1, therebyrelieving the upper portion of the stockings of excessive strains.

At the upper portion of the garment is arranged a waist band 8 which isspaced from the upper edge of the seat panel 3, but connected to theseat panel by a second elastic strip 9. This elastic strip 9 isidentical in construction to the elastic strip 5, and has elasticstretch both longitudinally and circumferentially of the garment.

It will be understood that this arrangement of the upper strip and thelower strip provides free action of the seat panel 3, thereby preventingthe tendency of the garment to "ride" or become displaced.

In Figures 5 to 8 inclusive, I have illustrated a type of garment inwhich the upper strip 9 and the waist band 8 have been eliminated. Thefront panel It! extends all the way to the upper edge of the garment,and the seat panel II also extends all the way to the upper edge of thegarment. The elastic strip I2 is of a slightly different design than thestrips 5 and 9, illustrated in the preferred form of my invention but,basically, this strip I2 is identical to the strips 5 and l in that itis fabricated of a plurality of lengths of elastic yarns interconnectedtogether'at spaced points so that the yarns may be stretchedlongitudinaly and laterally, to provide the strip with two-way elasticstretch.

'Of course, it is to be understood that the invention herein describedis capable of several modifications and, therefore, any modificationscoming within the scope of the sub-joined claims are to be consideredwithin the spirit'of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. An undergarment comprising a front panel fabricated of elastic andinelastic yarns to have elastic stretch in a direction circumferentiallyof the garment; a seat panel fabricated of elastic and inelastic yarnsto have elastic stretch-in a direction circumferentially of the garment;a leg panel fabricated of elastic and inelastic yarns to have elasticstretch in a direction circumferentially of the garment, said seat paneland said leg panel being interconnected with said front panel; and astrip forming the connection between the seat panel and the leg paneland fabricated of elastic yarns interconnected together at spaced pointswhereby the elastic yarns may be stretched longitudinally andlaterallyto provide the strip with two-way elastic" stretch indirections both circumferentialy and longitudinally of the garment.

2. An undergarment comprising a front panel fabricated of elastic yarnsto have elastic stretch only circumferentially of the garment; a seatpanel fabricated of elastic yarns to have elastic stretch onlycircumferentially of the garment; a leg panel fabricated of elasticyarns to have elastic stretch only circumferentially of the garment; anda; strip connecting the seat panel to the leg panel and fabricated ofelastic yarns tohave twoway elastic stretch in directions longitudinallyand circumferentially of the garment.

3. An undergarment comprising a front panel having one-way elasticstretch in a direction circumferentially of the garment; a seat panelconnected to the front panel and having one-way elastic stretch in adirection circumferentially of the garment; a leg panel connected to thefront panel and having one-way elastic stretch ina directioncircumferentially of the garment; a waist band connected to the frontpanel and having one-way elastic stretch circumferentially of thegarment; a strip having its ends 'connected to the front panel and itslongitudinal edges connected tothe waist band and to the seat panel,said strip consisting of a plurality of lengths of elastic yarnsinterconnected together whereby the elastic yarns may be stretchedlongitudinally and laterally to provide the strip with two-way elasticstretch circumferentially and longitudinally of the garment; a secondstrip connecting the leg panel to the seat panel and consisting of aplurality of lengths of elastic yarns interconnected together, wherebythe elastic yarns may be stretched longitudinally and laterally toprovide the strip with two-way elastic stretch circumferentially andlongitudinally of the garment; hosiery fasteners attached to the frontpanel; and hosiery fasteners attached to the leg panel.

4. In combination, an undergarment consisting of a'front panel havingonly one-way elastic stretch circumferentially .of the garment; a seatpanel attached thereto and having elastic stretch in a direction onlycircumferentially of the garment; a strip having two-way elastic stretchthroughout its length and having one edge secured to the upper edge ofthe seat panel; a waist band secured to the other edge of the strip andhaving one-way elastic stretch circumferentially of the garment; asecond strip having two-way elastic stretch throughout its length andhaving one edge secured to the lower portion of said garment; a one-wayelastic stretch leg band secured to the other edge of said second strip;and a garter fastener secured to said leg band.

WILLIAM HILLER.

